Fuck off Apple

My initial reaction to the release of the Apple iPad is one of disappointment, and watching the promotional video of Apple execs scratching their own backs about 'how it just feels right to surf the internet with an iPad' is truly cringeworthy.

You know, I'm sure they're absolutely right, I'm sure it is wonderful for the less than one percent of the world's population who will use one, but don't you just get to the point where you hate this kind of crap, just because it's so damn smug about itself?

It's an insanely expensive way to read books and it eats battery so I doubt it'll be much fun to travel with after a day, much like iPod's awful battery life, honestly if I have to listen to any more about how great email is on the iPad I'm going to throw up- I mean jeezus, who gives a f**k???

Oh no... pinch open your photos.. share them with friends by 'flipping your iPad over'... oh wow.. it's such a great way to watch video... blah blah blah.... multitouch means you can touch it in ways it's never been touched before... what a load of self-indulgent WANK.

 There's honestly nothing about the iPad that doesn't make me want to shove it down Steve Job's throat till he chokes.

I have to say that having owned an iphone for two years now, I think I'm finally ready to give it up. It is still the coolest gadget I've ever had, but it's so damn temperamental and it constantly frustrates me, in addition to the fact that I just don't use the functionality it offers me anyway. 

I'm guessing that the same will apply to the iPad - it will be a 'wow' on functionality, but ultimately a disappointing and largely irrelevant piece of kit that can be gone without, cool as it might appear to be at first.

One thing that I am looking forward to however, is the possibilty that I might be able to interact with my real software applications like photoshop, illustrator and final cut through a fully enabled touch-screen.

I've always liked the idea of interacting directly with the media I'm manipulating, but to be honest, I'd rather do it on a computer which also has power, and preferably a keyboard too.

I am, of course, disapointed then that this new gadget isn't a folding book style, like the macbook (or indeed any laptop) with two touch screens, one which can be manipulated as any kind of customizable keyboard, and the other a screen which can be interacted directly with, but maybe I'm behind the times?